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Casual dining in relaxed atmosphere
Stephanie Mandziuk
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND — "My
target market is all
around me and I'm
catering to baby
boomers," says Henry
Barthalt, manager and
co-owner of Breakers at
the Bend.
The casual dining
establishment will open
Labour Day weekend if
all goes according to
plan.
"When you come here
you can wear shorts,
T-shirts and deck shoes
and listen to Jimmy
Buffet."
Barthalt says, "Main
Street is for the younger
set and I'm thinking
about everyone else. I
want people to relax
when they come here."
The menu isn't quite
finished but it will fea-
Breakers at the Bend is a new restaurant slated to
open on River Road in Grand Bend Labour Day
weekend. (photo/Stephanie Mandziuk)
ture seafood and steaks.
There will also be some
delectable pastries from
a Viennese pastry chef.
The restaurant will
seat 50 people inside, 30
on an outdoor patio and
another hundred on a
lower outdoor patio.
Breakers will be open
for breakfast seven days
a week and the kitchen
will be open from 7 a.m.
to midnight.
As for entertainment,
Barthalt says he would
like to feature single
artists during matinees
and in the early evening.
Breakers at the Bend is
the fourth restaurant to
open in the Grand Bend
area in the last few
months.
Get well wishes sent to Leon and Shirley Paul
By Muriel Lewis
GRANTON CORRESPONDENT
GRANTON NEWS —Granton -Wesley
United Church Women Unit 3 members
had a group outing to Sparta on Thurs.,
Aug. 4.
At the Granton -Wesley United Church
on Sun., Aug. 7, Pastor Paul VoRick led
the service and the message was enti-
tled "Try, Try Again?".
The lessons were read from Genesis
32 and Romans 9. Michaella Reeve lit
the Christ candle.
Donations are needed to support the
annual Food Grains Growing Project.
At St. Paul's Anglican Church in
Kirkton on Sun., Aug. 7, Rev. Dalice Sim
celebrated the Holy Eucharist and
Christine Downey assisted with the ser-
vice.
Kate Henry read the lesson. The mes-
sage was a dialogue between Jesus and
Peter which tested Peter's faith walking
on water presented by Christine and
Dalice.
Get well wishes were sent from St.
Paul's congregation to Leon and Shirley
Paul who met with a car accident
recently.
Operations manager retiring
SOUTH HURON — Longtime municipal employee Dennis Hockey is retiring at
the end of the year.
Operations manager for South Huron since 2000, Hockey wrote in his retire-
ment letter to council "it is time to move on to the next stage in my life."
He said he announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31, "with joy and also sad-
ness."
Before joining South Huron in 2000, Hockey worked for the Exeter PUC for 33
years.
He said working for South Huron "has been an enriching and fulfilling experi-
ence."
Council offered Hockey its best wishes for a long and rewarding retirement.
Juniors finish regular season with losses
CREDITON - The
Crediton Laurmart junior
girls fastball team found
themselves on the losing
side for their last two reg-
ular season games.
Crediton 5 vs
Ilderton I0
A slow start by Crediton
with several errors found
the local squad in the
deficit column. The team
began to jell late in the
game but it was too late to
catch its opponent.
Catcher Julie Prout led
her team at the
plate with a
triple in the fifth
inning and a sin-
gle in the sev-
enth. Margaret
Geurts was
again very suc-
cessful at the
plate with three
long fly balls,
one being a
triple. Jessica
Bray pounded out a dou-
ble in the second and sin-
gle hits came from the
bats of Jessica Davies,
Kerri Fulton, Janelle
Dykstra.
Nikki Cyr played a
strong infield for her
home squad. Cyr is a
coach's dream play-
er... being able to
play any position.
Jessica Bray and
Carie Pertschy
pitched for Crediton.
Crediton 3 vs
Oakridge
Intermediates 4
The Laurmart
juniors found themselves
on the winning side of the
scoreboard until the
seventh inning
when their oppo-
nent pulled and
stayed ahead to
beat Crediton by
one run.
Several Crediton
bats were dormant
for the night but
some of the girls
perfect bunt in the fifth
and successful-
ly made it to
third base on
overthrows.
Margaret
Geurts added a
double in the
fourth to send
Jessica Bray
home after
reaching first
Ni
Julie
P
rout
were able to score
runs.
The Fulton sisters, Kerri
and Kelli led their team at
the plate. Kerri pounded
out a triple in the first
inning and Kelli placed a
kki Cyr
on a walk.
Amber
Preszcator and Julie Prout
added single hits.
Carie Pertschy pitched
strongly for Crediton.
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Express playoff hopes dim
EXETER — With talk
swirling throughout the
team about possible oppo-
nents the Exeter Express
must meet to qualify for
the OBA "D" champi-
onship tournament in
Wallaceburg Labour Day
weekend, there was a lack
of focus about a game
against Lakeside July 26.
The team still has a pos-
sible six league games to
play in the next few days.
The game against
Lakeside was close till the
fifth inning but Lakeside
pulled away in the later
stages of the game for a 9
-3 victory.
Marty Merner drew the
tough assignment of facing
the powerful Lakeside
lineup.
He allowed only one
earned run in five innings
on nine hits.
Team defence was not
as strong as it normally
has been and errors led to
six other runs.
Aaron Leppington
pitched the final inning
allowing two runs.
Exeter scored all three of
their runs in the third on
hits by Corey Burtch and
Nick Regier plus two
walks and an error.
Exeter had only two hits
in the game.
The Express tried their
best under difficult condi-
tions on the weekend but
came up on the short end
in both games of their
double header against
Tillsonburg, losing 8-4 and
8-1.
Manager Doug Fairbairn
was forced to deal with
the dilemma of playing
both league games and
OBA qualifying games
during the same time peri-
od (over the next 10 days)
while at the same time
missing several key play-
ers.
He chose to save his best
hurlers for Mitchell and
Kincardine.
This meant that other
pitchers, less used during
the year to this point, car-
ried on against the Red
Sox.
In game one the Express
rallied for an early 4-0
lead but were unable to
hold on.
This outburst was start-
ed by an Aaron Patterson
home run and followed by
hits from Lonnie Hawke,
Vic Oliveira, Leppington,
Mike McConnell and
Hawke again.
The Express were then
held to only four more hits
for the rest of the game.
These came from the
bats of Patterson, Hawke,
Derek Masse and Terry
Genttner.
Jeff Erskine started and
pitched well for the first
two innings but tired in
the third and was the vic-
tim of a six -run rally.
Paul Elston allowed one
unearned run in two plus
innings in only his second
appearance of the year
and Paul Walker made his
debut allowing one run.
On the plus side, ace
Derek Masse threw on the
sidelines and appears to
be almost ready to return.
Brother Dan relieved for
the final out of the game.
and also pitched two
innings in game two
allowing three runs.
Leppington made his
first longer appearance of
the year (50 pitches) giv-
ing up five unearned runs.
Chris Smith shut out
Tillsonburg for the final
two innings and looked
good in his first pitching
performance of the year.
The Express had only
five hits with two by
Patterson and one each
from Genttner, Walker
and Hawke.
These losses pretty much
eliminate the chances of
the Express for the league
playoffs.
The team played at
home Tuesday night
against Lakeside and St.
Thomas is in town Friday
night.
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